UNO MavForensics

Sunday, October 28, 2012

(Photo: Preston did not want to leave Queeny's side, as the underclassmen got ready to leave for Minnesota.)

Welcome back friends! MavForensics has been staying busy
with travel, practice, and plenty of tournament preparation. Though it took
some physical breaking up of hugs and embraces, last weekend the team parted
ways. It was the first time all year the team has split squad as Senior Lauren
Ackerman and Juniors Cole Evans, Trae Graham, and Queeny Pimentel stayed in
Omaha for the Creighton Double-Up and Sophomores Dan Cutter, Karlee Currin and
Freshman Catie Zaleski, Preston Prauner, and Bridget Hames went north to attend
the Larry Schnoor Invitational in Mankato, MN and the Bill Robertz Invitational
in St. Peter, MN. The upperclassmen were graced with the luxury of sleeping in
their own beds back in Omaha, a gift given rarely in the speech world. However,
the freshmen and sophomores battled travel to not only Minnesota, but to TWO
different campuses in Minnesota! Luckily, both groups were able to pull
themselves from either town to town in a foreign state or out of their own
comfy beds to all the way down the street. Yet, it was the distance from each
other that weighed on all of the students’ minds. Thanks to Facetime, Skype,
and the magic of cell phones the ailing groups were able to cure their familial
withdrawals long enough to have a great showing at all ofthe tournaments,
including an individual sweepstakes championship by novice Nithya Rajagopalan!
Check out results:

(The Quality Award is a special award given to the team with
the highest quality of competition. It is determined by the number of points a
team earns compared to the size of the team’s entry in the tournament.)

(Photo: The northern team having some fun and loosening up at warm ups!)

Bill Robertz Invitational Sunday
October 21st:

Communication Analysis:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 2nd

Program of Oral
Interpretation:

Catie Zaleski, 1st

Persuasive Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1st

Preston Prauner, 3rd

Bridget Hames. 4th

Prose Interpretation:

Karlee Currin, 2nd

Dan Cutter, 3rd

Duo Interpretation:

Currin/Hames, 1st

Prauner/Zaleski, 2nd

Currin/Cutter, 4th

Extemporaneous
Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 3rd

Poetry
Interpretation:

Dan Cutter, 2nd

Dramatic
Interpretation:

Catie Zaleski, 3rd

Impromptu Speaking:

Nithya Rajagopalan, 1st

Dan Cutter, 4th

Individual
Sweepstakes:

Dan Cutter, 1st

Preston Prauner, 2nd

Team Sweepstakes:

UNO, 1st

Creighton Double-Up Saturday October 20th:

Prose Interpretation:

Lauren Ackerman, 3rd

Program of Oral
Interpretation:

Traelon Graham, 1st

Queeny Pimentel, 2nd

Lauren Ackerman, 3rd

Duo Interpretation:

Evans/Graham, 1st

Ackerman/Pimentel, 4th

Poetry Interpretation:

Cole Evans, 2nd

Team Sweepstakes for
Saturday:

UNO, 3rd

Creighton Double-up Sunday October 21st:

Prose Interpretation:

Lauren Ackerman, 2nd

Queeny Pimentel, 3rd

Traelon Graham, 4th

Program of Oral
Interpretation:

Queeny Pimentel, 2nd

Lauren Ackerman, 3rd

Traelon Graham, 6th

Poetry Interpretation:

Cole Evans, 1st

Lauren Ackerman, 4th

Duo Interpretation:

Ackerman/Pimentel, 1st

Evans/Graham, 4th

Individual
Sweepstakes for Sunday:

Lauren Ackerman, 2nd

Team Sweepstakes for
Sunday:

UNO, 3rd

Overall Sweepstakes
for Creighton Double-up:

UNO, 3rd

(Photo: Upperclassmen at the Creighton Double-Up!)

Thank you for keeping up with our wonderful students! This
week the team hosted a tournament here on the lovely UNO campus. The tournament
is the Halloween Swing, cohosted with Doane College. FYI: It is Muppet themed
and we WILL have pics! Thanks again for following! For more results follow us
on Twitter @UNOForensics.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Hello speech lovers! MavForensics had an outstanding second tournament of the year at the Sunflower Swing, hosted by Bethel College and Sterling College, October 6th and 7th. Perhaps the biggest victory for the team, however, was surviving the weekend when almost everyone was sick. Cole competed in a DI round where he stopped speaking to cough for 45 seconds! He probably would've been better off staying home and resting, but you know how these things go: one minute, the students are fine, the next, they're struggling to speak! We all had a great weekend, but were also excited to return home and get some much-needed rest over Fall Break. Check out results:

Photo: Team prepares for competition by warming up vocals and building energy!

Individual Sweepstakes for Sunday:
Cole Evans & Trae Graham had an unbreakable tie for first place!

Team Sweepstakes for Sunday:
UNO, 1st
UNL, 2nd
Hastings College, 3rd

Combined Individual Sweepstakes:
Trae Graham, 1st
Cole Evans, 2nd

Combined Team Sweepstakes:
UNO, 1st

Thanks for reading and keeping up with our students! On October 20th and 21st, we will split squad. Cole, Trae, Queeny, and Lauren will compete at Creighton University. Karlee, Dan, Natalie, Nithya, Bridget, Preston, and Catie will travel to Minnesota State University-Mankato and Gustavus Adolphus College. To see results, follow us on Twitter @UNOforensics.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Hello speech lovers! The UNO squad had their season opener this weekend, September 28, 29, and 30th at Hutchinson Community College.
We had a wonderful drive to Kansas on Thursday night, talking, singing, and enjoying the company of friends. Competition started on Friday! Here are results:

Friday, August 31, 2012

It seems like yesterday that we were in San Marcos, TX for the amazing AFA-NIET hosted by Texas State University. After taking a short rest this summer, we are thrilled to introduce the new team! We have yet to take a full team photo because, well, the first few weeks of school have been a little crazy! But here are some photos of the team getting to work! Our first tournament will be at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson KS, September 29th and 30th. We are geared up for the new season and thankful for your support and enthusiasm. Go Mavs!

The new faces of MavForensics on their first official campus tour! Queeny Pimentel, Bridget Hames, Catie Zaleski, Preston Prauner (not pictured but loved equally, Nithya Rajagopalan).
Be sure to catch our weekly team updates, posted every Monday. Cheers until then!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Hello friends of forensics! The team is thrilled to share that they brought home a championship team trophy from the end-of-semester showcase tournament! For the past several years, the University of Nebraska at Kearney has teamed up with Concordia College of Minnesota to host the last tournament of the semester. On the second day of the tournament, schools are invited to "showcase" their events. Students dust off their qualified events and bring everything they have worked on all semester to the showcase event. Many nationally-ranked schools participate in the tournament. This vibrant tournament features the stiffest competition UNO Forensics has faced all year. UNO is proud to bring home two team championships, one for the Lopers are from Venus tournament (held Saturday, December 3rd) and a championship from the Cobbers are from Mars showcase tournament (held Sunday, December 4th). Here are the results!
Showcase Results!
Traelon Graham: 1st in Poetry, 2nd in duo with Cole, 2nd in DI, 2nd in Individual Sweepstakes.
Cole Evans: 2nd in Poetry, 2nd in Duo with Trae, 3rd in Duo with Tessie, Prose semis.
Tessie Stednitz: 1st in POI, 3rd in Duo with Cole, 3rd in Poetry.
Stephanie Larsen: 1st in Informative.
Lauren Ackerman: 1st in Prose.
Tunette Powell: 1st in Persuasion.
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 2nd in ADS, 3rd in Extemp.
Stephanie Henderson: 2nd in ADS, 2nd in POI, 4th in Poetry.
Karlee Currin: 3rd in Prose, 6th in DI.
Joy Kathurima: 3rd in ADS.
Natalie Schneider: 4th in Impromptu.

Now that the first semester has drawn to a close, the team is looking forward to some much needed rest (and sledding at Coach Abbie's family farm). Happy holidays everyone! We'll see you again in January!

Monday, October 3, 2011

The UNO Forensics team brought home two team championships after their first weekend of competition! The team traveled to Hutchinson, KS for the first tournament of the year. We had many adventures, including a picnic in the park in Fairview, KS and a squirrel funeral at the tournament. Highlights include: Senior Tessie Stednitz won individual sweepstakes on both Saturday and Sunday and everyone on the team broke over the course of the weekend. It was a great 2011-2012 kick-off tournament! Check out results!

The team will travel to Bethel College over Fall Break to compete for the second time this fall. If you are interested in watching them perform, just e-mail Abbie Syrek at asyrek@unomaha.edu and you can swing by practice. We'd love to have you!

Photo: Senior Tessie Stednitz won Individual Sweeps both days. She is featured here with coach Cameron Logsdon.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

UNO Forensics is pleased to announce that we will have a coaching/teaching GTA position available beginning in the Fall, 2011 semester. This position includes teaching 1 section of Public Speaking Fundamentals, weekly office hours, and coaching/traveling with the forensics team. Applications are due on Tuesday, March 1st.

Here is an application check-list to walk you through the process. Please contact Abbie Syrek at (402) 850-1695 or via e-mail at asyrek@unomaha.edu if you have any questions. Please feel free to forward this information along to anyone you think might be interested. We look forward to getting your application!

You can do this online by visiting the cashiering website (link follows).In the last paragraph (above the rotating credit card) please click on "Graduate Application Fee" which is a link to a short form to pay the fee. Cashiering link:http://cashiering.unomaha.edu/

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____ 500-word personal essay (saved as a PDF file) that answers the following questions:

1.Why have you chose the UNO School of Communication Master’s Degree program?

2.What are your areas of interest and research? Do you have an idea for a proposed

project, if so please describe.

3.What are your personal or professional plans after you complete the master’s degree?

What do you want to do with the degree?

____ Request an official transcript from all undergraduate institutions you attended and have it sent to UNO

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